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Speaker 1: What's up, friend?

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Speaker 2: It's Kiki and we're backstage a Lollapalooza thanks to Innovations

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Speaker 2: high School and look who is here?

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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 3: Many?

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Speaker 1: I'm good? How are you?

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Speaker 3: I'm happy to be here.

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Speaker 2: I mean you have been all over the world tomorrowlan

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Speaker 2: not Lollapalooza, Like, how are you like managing it all? No?

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Speaker 3: I think try and just balance everything.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the show schedule has been pretty crazy with it

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Speaker 4: beats a Thursday, Vegas Friday, Yes, say also Vegas, but no,

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Speaker 4: I feel good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you should.

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Speaker 2: You are one of the best producers DJs in the world. Okay,

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Speaker 2: and I don't just say that lightly. You are and

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Speaker 2: you are out here at all these festivals, but you're

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Speaker 2: still managing to drop new music today. Just announce to

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Speaker 2: you and uh Libby with the U M. Yeah, you

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Speaker 2: guys just did the new song.

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Speaker 3: How did that come about?

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Speaker 2: So?

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Speaker 4: I've known Armand since forever. I actually found the picture

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Speaker 4: of us in twenty twelve. Wow, it's and we've always

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Speaker 4: talked about doing a song together but we never actually did.

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Speaker 4: So it was fun to just be with him in

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Speaker 4: the studio. And also Lydia's an incredible voice. I'm excited.

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Speaker 4: It's a very up tempo trend song. I'm excited to

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Speaker 4: play tonight.

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Speaker 2: I mean, are you gonna play it tonight? Sleepless nights?

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Speaker 2: Dabut right here, Lalla palooza. That's an exclusive.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Also wanted to ask you about this and hopefully you

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Speaker 2: can confirm or deny for me. But do you have

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Speaker 2: a collaboration coming out with Bencent Boone? That's what I

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Speaker 2: heard on the streets.

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Speaker 3: So I love Benson. He's a dear. I'm actually gonna

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Speaker 3: see him later today.

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Speaker 4: But there's no actual song yet, but I think it's

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Speaker 4: just a matter of time until there'll be. It would

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Speaker 4: have to be the right song, the right timing for

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Speaker 4: both of us. But I'm obsessed with him and his voice, so.

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Speaker 2: Same, same, We want that to happen. And you said

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Speaker 2: you might see him later. You're going to see him

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Speaker 2: later today. Yes, Benson is in Chicago.

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Speaker 3: No, he's in Utah.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well either way, Oh my god, we're so excited

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Speaker 2: for that. What are you most excited about, though, because

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Speaker 2: I know you got a lot of stuff coming for us.

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Speaker 2: What's most exciting for you?

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Speaker 3: Fuck?

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Speaker 4: I'm sorry, I'm just there's so many exciting songs that

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Speaker 4: I've been sitting on for so long that I even

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Speaker 4: start during COVID and I've been working on an album

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Speaker 4: and it's now I'm gonna release an EP in September,

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Speaker 4: which is the more up tempo electronic dance music Morning

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Speaker 4: Gerek songs in it. But then I'm also working on

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Speaker 4: an album at the same time i'll release next year.

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Speaker 4: And it's just the track list is coming together. I've

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Speaker 4: all these I have a whole room in my house

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Speaker 4: filled with like notes that are on Like anybody is

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Speaker 4: probably walking into the room things I'm bat shit's crazy.

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Speaker 3: But for me, it's like it's nice.

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Speaker 4: I get in there and like the track listing makes sense,

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Speaker 4: the features on the album, So I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you could lab with everybody at this point.

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Speaker 2: Is there anybody still on your dream list to collaborate with.

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Speaker 3: Moon Ah?

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Speaker 1: And that's on my dream list for you too.

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Speaker 2: Okay, look, before I let you get out of here,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna ask some very random questions from our La

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Speaker 2: Boo Boo box. Okay, very very random, So just dig in.

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Speaker 2: We'll do about two.

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Speaker 1: First one.

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Speaker 3: My most used emoji. Uh, I think it's just a heart.

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Speaker 2: Like Okay, I love an emoji. If you don't text

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Speaker 2: me with an emoji, I think that you hate me.

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Speaker 3: So no, I'm the same. I sometimes I only responded

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Speaker 3: with just an emoji.

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Speaker 1: Yes, okay, that's a good one.

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Speaker 3: I like this question. And the other one is the

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Speaker 3: see favorite gas station snack.

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Speaker 4: Hmm. That's actually crazy because I don't have my driver's license.

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Speaker 1: You don't, no, so.

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Speaker 4: I do feel whenever I'm at the guest station. I

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Speaker 4: don't think I'm very often at the guest station. I

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Speaker 4: don't remember the last time being at a guest station.

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Speaker 1: What a flex man? What you know what?

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Speaker 2: When you're the best DJ in the world, you don't

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Speaker 2: need a damn driver's license.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'd like to get it. I'd like to get

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Speaker 3: it one day.

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Speaker 2: Still, right, So if you guys see him on the road,

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Speaker 2: just want to be careful.

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Speaker 1: I love that man. Thank you so much. We appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate you, and good to see you.

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Speaker 1: Good to see you.